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bull session

noun

, Informal.
  1. an informal, spontaneous discussion.


bull session

noun

  1. informal.
    an informal discussion, often among men
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bull session1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bull session1

C20: from bull ²
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Idioms and Phrases

An informal discussion, as in College students love late-night bull sessions about anything and everything, from professors to poetry to politics . This expression originally referred to an exchange of opinions and anecdotes, including stories of sexual prowess, by men, and then came to be used more broadly. [ Slang ; c. 1915]
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Example Sentences

You need philosophy, not the modern bull session kind but the Socratic method of “What the hell am I thinking?”

In bull session debate he was instantly beyond the depth of everyone else.

He wished he'd written him last night, instead of joining the usual beer and bull session in the wardroom.

Well, in any event, he evidenced no interest in the bull session, as you described it?

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